According to what I read about it he came up with the idea on his own because he wanted a game that could be played inside when it was too cold out to play. The first basket was a peach basket.
The game was made up of two fifteen mintue halves, with five minutes of rest in between according to Naismiths original rules.
a basketball that is even all the way around and can bounce at a even hieght :)
There was no single "original invention".
it has realy not changed scince its original invention
There was no original name
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There are two: whether there is a need for their invention, and is their invention original.
How about Flying Chairs =D If someone suggested an invention and you subsequently used it it would not be original, you need to think of something yourself. The most others can do is suggest areas you could consider but the invention, to be original needs to be your own
There are 13 oringinal rules in basketball.
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An invention is something you create from scratch, while an innovation is an improvement on the original.
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